Sash supporter



A. W. NELSON.

SASH surrmmn.

APPLICATIDII FILED .IULY'S. l92\.

Patented Dec. 5, 1922.

l 5 and State of .Pennsylyenie, have mvente Patented Dec. 5, 1922; l i I um'reo S nes-PA EN OFFICE.

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aAsn eorrorvrrmg Application flleiiuly 6, 1921. 'flerinl No. 4855,4131.

srbllity -of it al'ipping or accidentally drop- Be it known that I, Airmen W-;llpnsoN,; pnzgunlese ceased. to do why force. 'a. citizen of hewUn itecl Stetes,.ree1gl1ng =at' mar-032mm and advantages of the Williamsport, in the county-of; Lyoomm fi vention'w' be apparent durmg' the course 60 of-"the-"followingndescription. certain new and useful limfrovementa'm the eoeompenying drewingsflforming Sash Supporters yend I-;d 'o eolere the 0 .a pertiof this speoifioemon and in whiohlike Y lowing to b6 ejiull, elez r, and exact denumbersare employed tode'signate like parts soription-iofr' the inventing-such @Bf-Wlllflllq tlirollghoutthe semei 7 1o able others skilled in thegart to Wl110h 1l2 .Eig ure -1;'i5 an elevetional view; oi s. conap ertain's to make nd 1 18 e em v n idlial ty 610i window, frame and sash his invention relates fioimprovementem equipped with :my improved: supporting means or1suporting wipjdowsashes aml -it means; o has'for-on'e o 1 l7s b]'e c ts'iiOgIOYldQfli-Bl-CQP :Ei'gure 2 is an; enlarged sectional view- 70 1s d Q PWMWQ r i .v fihe ehe w er- 'tpken subeta fl fll y 0n the 4-plaineo: the hereinafter deseribedwhich willrobriete'the, of 'Biggl. necessitofemployingjoordg end, weightsxt'o -Eigurvfi,is'enelevetional Yiewofone of retain t e sashes theyarioiis posit ons' -to the yertioal edgeeofv-the sesh showingv the which they h ye-been moved, 1 'rollersfin' their normal-horizontal position. The principellobjeet-of the invention 'isfi .-Fig ure .BF-is eeimilar View showing a to generalli improve upon my petented sash portion of the ,sesh end one of the rollers in supporter earring-=the Number-$1,127,668. v the inelinedposltion. that'it 'takesxwhenrthe ,the some .heving been grented;;-to=me;op sashgmoves, vownwardly' February 9,1915. A cerefulreviewtof-th sflflEi ure. 4; is a 'deteiLfviewnf one of the 80 patent will disclose the faotltl atit embodies brag p o n-plurality ofvbraqkets-oerryin --rol lers eonw Eigure ejseotion taken substantially tacting the betterment the; nsua o g'u dechanon the lane otthe:line-5+-5 fofvFig- 4.: nelg'in whichthe-sash, iides the rollers be-'- e drewingsl have shown a; convening s s ciat -with the-brackets that they tional', tfi ejof window frame Eindudi 85 so are qem itted toeutometieellygessume en] ,thQw'lHll fixed i'viertieel guide channels a guvar p si ion .ef er thegsashzhas-mov d A? sashrsiis slidebly mounted irethese guide downward, a predetermined. disteneeyceue channels; r

' ing the-lattertoshift-bodily file-lateral a1- earrying onttlie"inrention 1 form u p- To all whom it mag j eancemri rectionanfl- {rigtibnelly-bind egeinst;one;-o p r end lower "s peeed' notches ;1 in the oppo- .90 the guidestr-ips'iend in thisway-hgldm'gthe "mwv'ertical, edgesgf the sash and securelm sagh in the various positions to which it has these-1iotehes,; ettecliing-"brackets 2., -Wl11le been moved.. 1 ,-these braeketemay beeonstrutztecldtherwise "Actual ,ueeof the support ng meensj'd1 s- 'I;prefer;to formi eeehwne from. e strip o 1' closed ln-llhfi; above named; atefit hes dis "epring-metaLwhieh-Q bent upon itself as m- 95 40 closed thefact'thet the bone metionr s such outed-m5, one of the-bentportions bemg that the rollers doinot," iii-manyinstenees, fqrmeiwith,holesibior pasagegof thetesibeeome canted and thedesireiijres ilt is not teningsfi which serveto secure the braekets effectively accomplished;

tq thesashesit 'ie obvious; Iti's to be'not'ed In view of the ioregoing-mreurnstenees, that:,thie portion-f4 hests lower free end cli- 45 the present inventionroonizfimplete-employ reeted; leterelly 'outwarti.fas indicated at 7 5s strips, therebyzholdingflthe sash in various fbreeliets embodies ,a

'austop which isinclined clownin a pluralityzof 'ettechin bra,ckets-a.nd; thug forming ro 'ers whieh mreguohfthett eLbraeketsere-.wergily-a showm Theoppositefr'eeendibf permitted to -move vertically withmespeotio ,the stripfis speeed; aiway; from the s'ajsh and' the. rollers; mid. after. movin e.- redeter isjbiforcetedr to gform impair ;offegeced arms 1075 so mixi d; distatieedownwardzw e re .Er SEen-LLS, thelowerfl-eiider'of NVllIQhHGXlAPH below-the gage inclined stopsmithmvliich thel-braoketa stop and-There theirg-extremlties-fb'ent up;

are provided, ithus1 positivelyfliet :wardly; jandupon tl en selves to form bear the willobecomeeneleder eanted.so aeto.ingsl-l); As before ;1'n l1ceted;jthe improved Shi Bash gainstiheldesiredrguide sh zgepportingmeans in addition -to these in pliifalit ,6: rollers elevated positions and overcoming any-pose whic h larefdesigneni to frictional yengegetlie -e v bottoms of the guide channels to retum the cash in the" various elevated positions to which it has been moved. These rollers are here indicated bv the numeral-10 and they; include oppositeL disposed short axles 11' which are rototab y received in the beerin s 9. Here, I wish to direct attention to t e fact that the bearings areisufc'h thnt'the per mit the rollers to more freely upwer with re eat: to the bmckets, thee-is; when the sns hasbeenaelevated: and stertstomore downwardly. It'- is of coursechi' ione that whcn 'th'esash i does move downin this man ner and the rollers-remain stationery, until they come into contact with the inclined etc 178" T and are auton ietiettlly canted," thus accomplishing;the end soughtt Itiselso to be pointed out that, since-thebra'eltetsare constructed from" spring "metal and the arms 8 are .diseonn'eet'eohfiom the sasl'ies, they tend tmsprin outwardly end'kee V the rollers-in contact with the bottoms of he guide-cliennEls--at a1lti-nres. v l Vith thiscon'str-uction amd erran gem'eht,- it will:he seen thetatiie rollers must necessarily become an* lecl or: canted;- thus overcomi'ngth'e' possi b rty of tli s'csh drop llIIg"ft' C0fl'SI&6lf&'l3l distance without bein girc'ed into frictional con-tact withone of tlw guide: stripsof the" aforesaid guide channels;

1 flonsideretipn ofrthefore oing description taken in connection with-thedrewings'woultl prob'mbly- Ibex suflioient to enablepersons skilled in the art tocbtain a clear nea er b stitncling fofrtherinventi t HpWetefi-tthtief review of-the": ogeraition oi th e improved-in:

vention may-we l lie-reviewed here 'L'o-this raised, the pintles =01: axles: of: the rollers '10 will assume:- horizcmtel positions: and will thus allow the sash to be easily end reedily' miseclz- Whm, :however;.the:soshirreleased,

- its 1 own 1 weight will cause? it'- to -move downwardly.- 'The roHersheingzheId-in frictional] contact withthe"bott01lrs=oi'lthe ch'ainnels h the resilient arms 8- will tially stationery, that is, they will- 'nfot more irp'ordown, but will rota-teof course. This beingthe-cese', thebrackets 2 will lie-carried downwardly-with the saslrand in so dcing' the inclined stops 7- Wm O'OIIlG into cents:

withthe mllersllflrand'cant the'latter-smthat they will: assume: the position indicated m take: thie 'inoliued' or" cnnteflwillshift' the sashibodily intc- IiOlFIDIiBLIiO'OD tact with one of.theguiderstripewhichmons stitutesm part of thevcforeseid guide chairnele; th'us retuining'the saslrin any one of the positicnstowhichit has-beenmoyed; It is"uiiders tcod; of course; that the frictional contmct betweezi the-sash and-guide strip'is ositicn; the

not sufiicientlv great to prevent-the sash b ecket beliig" lowered when grippedand' pulled downb'yforce.

3; ing bracket secured remain subst'anr ed to en'd'heving' its lower Fig: 3. It is obvidllsthat w en the rollers y anus,- en'd means for positivel Since probably the best resultsmay be ohtuined with the construction and arrangement herein shown and described, this is taken; as the referred embodiment of the invention. owever, slight minor changes comin'gmdthin the scope of the. subjoined claims may be resorted to.

1. The combination with afixed uide and sash slidehly mounted therein; ore roller carried by thesitshand vertically movable With-respect thereto, and separateand independent: means for positively; omitting the roller ef'tert-h'e s'rlslrl'las -moved dowl'iwardly m pre determined disten'ce, whereby the's'a'sl'i is' shifted" bodily into engr giement with one of the guidemem'ber's a-n'cl' elrl'frictici-lwlly against fhrther downward-movement 2. The, combination with'efixedgui'de end a sash slideblymonntedtlierehr' c-f-e ro'ller carried hy'tlie' sash and vertically movable with'respectthereto, and on trensverseliml'isposed inclinedstop with whioh'seid' ro ler is dsig'iied to engazge ammo-determined time; said step serving-to positivelyincline or cent the roller transversely with respect to i'ts axis; whereby-to bodily shiftthe saslrageinst one of the aides to f'rictionell engage therewitham to prevent further ewnward movement-of the's'ashi 3. The combinetiom with a window frame including guide channelsand esesh' slidahly mounted in said"-cliennels;- of en attaching racket; securedto" one-wert'ice'l edge oi 'the sash, saidhracket'inclu'ding-heerin s, stroller including axlesjournelled'in the-- litter; be-

illg verticelgy-moveble with- 'ectto' said endg it willtbeseefltl1at whenthe'stisli S is b racket; an ohorizontally: meat carried I)? the" letter for can'ting'the o downwnrd V c 4. Tihe'combinetion' with awindow-fram'e including fixed guide clmn'nels'end sash=s1itl ably mounted-in said chmn'n'els;-ofan-ettaclito one of the vertical ges of the sash, said bracket being coniiced eh'utpositively er when the sash moves posecl from a strip of sfring metalsecured reeefld'S'paeed fmm the verticol'edge' of the whidow. said lower end being bifurcated-to form'e pair of-ar'ms, the extremities of which are bent upwardly and moon themselves-to-provide bearings-,- a roller includingaxles j ourna'led -'in'-thel:rtter, Beingvertically-movablewith'respeet tosaid cunting the roller-when thesashhasi-move downwartlly a. determined-distance.

lhe combination with a window'fram'e includ 116181111 a slash slideblyfl mounted in said channels; pluralitv of mckets' secured to the opposite vertical e ofthe'sesli, eircli fromurain 1e strip being compose itselfito' arm on of. spring metal bent-u attaching portion, sai portionha-ving its in 'opposed-v ertioml fixed guide 6118511 lower free' end bent laterally outward and angled to provide an inclined stop, the 0pposite free end of said strip being bifurcated to provide a pair of spring arms, the extrernities of the latter being bent upwardly and upon themselves to form o n bearings, and a plurality of rollers inc uding axles journaled in the bearings of said brackets, said rollers being positively canted when the sash moves downwardly a predetermined distance and brings the inclined stops into engagement therewith.

6. A retaining device for, a window sash comprising a roller designed for disposition between the guide strips of a window frame, mounting means for said roller, said mounting means permitting free movement of the roller with respect to the sash, and including means for positively canting the roller in a manner to shift the sash bodily against one of the guides to vfrictionally engage the sash therewith.

7. In a retaining device for window sashes, a bracket designed to'be secured to one of the vertical edges of the sash, said bracket being formed from a sin le strip of spring metal bent upon itself to orrn an at taching portion, said portion having its lower free end bent laterally outward and angled to provide an inclined stop, the opposite end of said strip being bifurcated to form a pair of open bearings, and a roller having axles rotatable in said bearings. said roller being engageable with and canted by said stop,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

ARTHUR W. NELSON. 

